The second edition of Planted: Stories From Manitoba’s Natural World is ready!
Read MoreProceeds from Planted: Stories From Manitoba’s Natural World will support humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
Read MoreThis year’s dance recital season in Manitoba hit different. Here are two organizations I know through Ukrainian dance, a hobby turned passion that changed my life, that you can donate to in support of Ukraine.
Read MoreIn May 2021, Diana Stevan released her novel Lilacs in the Dust Bowl, which follows her grandmother’s story immigrating to Canada from Ukraine.
Read MoreLike all holidays, birthdays are a big deal in Ukraine.
Read MoreIn Ukraine, there are levels to curse words. And if you utter one of the top-level ones, even the most vulgar person will stare at you in disbelief. Many of these swears come from the Russian language — Ukrainian curses are truly curses: May you be kicked by a duck. May hair grow on your tongue.
Read MoreWhile there are many reasons I fell in love with dance — the people you meet, the places you travel to, the dance steps you learn — music is what really set the hook for my interest in Ukrainian dance, and therefore my love of Ukrainian culture.
Read MoreAndrii Levchenko researches and promotes Ukrainian folk music, like through his multimedia project Bubny in Ukraine, where he shares the playing techniques and peculiarities of bubny.
Read MoreI miss Ukraine. A lot.
At this point, you could swap out “Ukraine” in that first sentence with a number of things. Dance practice, family meals, friend hangouts not through a screen, when breaking news was just that and not a new constant in our lives. But because my focus for this blog is Ukraine, I’m going to leave that sentence as is.
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